Governors and Legislatures Contending Powers

The book Governors and Legislatures Contending Powers by Alan Rosenthal addresses the American Governor and his roll with state legislatures. The book examines the powers of governors and how each state differs in the amount of freedom it gives it's chief executive. Rosenthal also adresses the evolving relationship between governors and the state legislators that they share power with. Finally the book adresses the different functions of governors such as budget preparation and legislation initiation. In the book Governors and Legislatures Contending For Power, Alan Rosenthal exposes the differing roles and powers of American Governors.
One of the book's main focuses is the roles andpowers that governors have and the extent as to which different states' leaders are able to assert them. One of the biggest roles that the author attributes to governors is the power to shape legislation. Although a governor serves many other roles, his role of policy maker may be the most important. (Rosenthal, 5).
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